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Sunday, 14 April 2013

Red Tribe Identification Guide

Hi!

Just a quick update! Theres lots of work going on behind the scenes at the moment both with rules and more importantly, the visuals for the Red Tribe. Although not quite finished yet, they give a general idea as to what the Red Tribe will be looking like and the final sculpts should match them quite closely

The Red Tribe inhabits the areas surrounding the Arid Rustlands and are obsessive builders and tinkerers. With large settlements based in the Rusted Mesa and Anvil Mesa, they have begun expanding south into the Arid Rustlands in search of rich patches of scrap and rare components. As with most of the tribes, they can be broken down into four broad categories, Leaders, Basic, Special and Big Guy.LeadersThe driving force behind the Red Tribe, these are the masters of the Forges that sit in the centre of any Red Tribe settlement, the Reds leaders are talented engineers, smiths and masters of the art of invention.

Vulcan

The Vulcan is generally the leader of any
expedition, just as they are the head honchos in the forges. They are barrel
chested and have hugely powerful arms, which they put to good effect while
wielding their forge hammers.

Tinker

The
Tinker is an expert in fixing just about anything and bodging together weapons
and equipment from whatever they have to hand

Basic RobotsThe vast majority of the Red Tribe is made up of the lowly Forgebot, a low class robot who spend much of their time working in the forges or acting as bearers on expeditions, likewise the more specialist warrior classes of Forge Guard and Lancer are still fairly common sights amongst most expeditions or loafing around settlements looking tough.

Forgebot

The core of any Red Tribe force is the
lowly Forgebot. Armed with not much more than a hammer and occasionally a scrap
pistol and their wits, they usually operate the forges and blacksmithing around
the settlement but also take part in expeditions. Like all Reds they are
obsessive tinkerers so will often have unique additions to their casings,
weaponry or even accoutrements, be it cool looking goggles or custom gauges.

Forge Guard

Forge Guard are a slightly more advanced
model of robot that stands slightly larger than Forgebots. They are heavily
armoured and wield all manner of interesting weapons, be it spears or
firepikes. They are not the most fast moving of robots but rely on their armour
to defend them as they trundle forward.

Lancer

Lancers are a kind of knight of the Red
Tribes, they are bulky bodied but slim limbed with wheels built into their
heels that allow them to move with surprising speed. Their heads are fashioned
to look like a stylized knights helm and they are armed with powerful lances
and crushing hammers for close up work. Some specialize in ranged firefights
and are armed with long guns but are very rare and seen as rather unsporting by
their brethren.

Special RobotsSome robots have more specialised uses than their kin and as such a niche place within the Tribe and any expedition.

Thunderchief

The Thunderchief is the Red Tribes
specialist at ranged combat. Built with a sturdy frame and rotund belly, these
portly robots are armed with a pair of arm cannon, which it uses to fire
volleys of red hot shot quite a distance.

Fireking

These are the assault robots of the Red
Tribe and are totally unhinged and obsessed pyromaniacs. They scuttle forward
with a fuel tank strapped to their backs and wielding a heavy flamethrower,
which has an unfortunate habit of exploding spectacularly whenever hit making
them as much of a hazard to their own side as to the enemy.

Big GuysBig Guys get their name for the fact that they are so much bigger than the other robots in their tribe. They are the heavy hitters and capable of taking considerable amounts of damage.

Forgesmith

The Forgesmith is a
massive robot armed with a pair of heavy hammers. He usually
spends his time in the forges around the Scrapyard but from time to time will
venture out if hired by a particularly enterprising chief. He's badly battered
and chipped and has riveted and welded extra protection to his frame to make
him even tougher.

Warpath

The Warpath is a
rather feisty big guy with a pair of crushing fists which he is mor Ethan happy
to put to use. His real strength comes from having a pair of fuel tanks mounted
on his back. From these a set of fuel lines attach direct to his power plant
giving him a tremendous burst of speed allowing him to hurtle around at quite a
pace. He can also blast fuel out nozzles on his forearms which effectively
provide him with a pair of built in flamethrowers.

Hopefully this will give some insight into what the Reds are going to look like. I still need to sort out lots more stuff but thought I would share what I have done thus far as a bit of a thank you for all the support I've been getting!

1 comment:

It would be interesting to see how the more warlike robots (Lancers, Thunderchief, Fireking, & Warpath) fit into everyday red tribe society. Could you give us a little more background on how red tribe society works please?